New Jersey's Dawson Mercer found an equalizer later in the frame, but Hall restored the Canes' lead 7:47 into the middle frame. Applying pressure on the forecheck, Hall poked the puck off the stick of Hughes and past an unsuspecting Jake Allen for the eventual game-winner.

After he made two costly mistakes, the boo-birds rang down upwards of 17 times whenever Luke touched the puck. He was CLEARLY dejected, and you can see Luke’s reaction to his mistakes and the boos on the Devils Rink Report YouTube page. As many others did in the New Jersey locker room, Jake Allen stood up for his teammate:

It’s a new look lineup for the Penguins in many ways with players shuttling in and out due to injuries. The Devils roll out with the following groups, with interestingly enough 1B/backup goalie Jake Allen getting the call in net. Seconds into the game ...

In this series, we take a look at each team and see what they've done over the offseason. Next up is the New Jersey Devils. The Devils have added some depth to the offensive front with the Brown and Dadonov additions. They also upgraded at the backup ...

Dougie Hamilton scored to end his 26-game goal drought, and Jack Hughes and Brett Pesce each had two assists for the Devils (22-17-2), who have won two straight in regulation for the first time since winning seven in a row without reaching overtime from Oct. 11-24. Jacob Markstrom made 28 saves.

The New Jersey Devils hope to start the second half of the season the way they began the first when they host the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday night in Newark, N.J.